The COMICS Tool - Computing Minimal Counterexamples for DTMCs

Nils Jansen, Erika Ábrahám, Matthias Volk, Ralf Wimmer, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Bernd Becker

Abstract: This paper presents the tool COMICS 1.0, which performs model checking and generates counterexamples for DTMCs. For an input DTMC, COMICS computes an abstract system that carries the model checking information and uses this result to compute a critical subsystem, which induces a counterexample. This abstract subsystem can be refined and concretized hierarchically. The tool comes with a command line version as well as a graphical user interface that allows the user to interactively influence the refinement process of the counterexample.